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ejector
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ejector has 2 senses
- ejector(n = noun.person) ouster - a person who ousts or supplants someone else; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- ejector(n = noun.artifact) cartridge ejector - a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing; Array is a part of gun
is a kind of mechanism
Derived form verb eject1
CIDE DICTIONARY
ejector, n.
- One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses. [1913 Webster]
- A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. [1913 Webster]
- That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ejector, n. a device for ejecting.
Idiom
ejector seat a device for the automatic ejection of the pilot etc. of an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency.
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